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Originally Posted by mpethybridge
2. This idea that we should reinvent our range and raise sizing every night is a little extreme. OBVIOUSLY, any player with any serious experience should have a default EP raising strategy from which he varies based on conditions at the table.
The more I think about this, the more I feel the need to talk more about it.
First off, I respect your experience
mpethybridge, so please don't misunderstand my disagreement as in any way undermining your knowledge. But the idea of "I always openraise AK xbb" makes so little sense to me.
Why do we even bother sizing up players as they sit down, working to learn their ranges, identifying players on tilt, etc.,
if we don't plan to adjust our strategy accordingly? If a locksmith raises 5x UTG, and I hold AK OTB, I might flat. If a maniac does the same thing, I might 3bet to 20x, or even more. If the effective stack is deep, or short, I will adjust accordingly.
If we are not doing this, then we are completely ignoring all the information available at the table in favor of a prearranged strategy. I am not saying we shouldn't have guidelines, but how often is any particular situation "standard"? If you deal the same cards in the same position to nine different players at ten different tables, you will get ten different hand results. Even if you take the same players, in the same positions, with the same hands, you'll get different results, based on how action has recently been flowing, who's on monkey tilt, who is in shutdown mode, etc. Which of those outcomes are "standard" and which are not? Who can say? And, since no one can definitively say what's "standard", since no two tables are alike, then how can we expect that a particular line that was optimal last night is going to be optimal tonight?
We have to be dynamic! Yes, it's harder than memorizing standard lines. But
a 2bb adjustment in a preflop raise amount makes an 18bb difference on the river, if we are PSBing the whole way...if we are not adjusting our openraises optimally, we could be leaving that 18bb on the table. Considering that a 10bb/hour is a great win rate, an 18bb swing is a pretty big deal.
OK, rant over, sorry
(and yes mpethy, I know you acknowledged that you make adjustments, I think we just approach it all differently)
Last edited by TheSalesman; 04-12-2012 at 05:45 PM.